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Cleaning up Broadway Park

City of Turlock crews clean up items left at Broadway Park on Wednesday (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).

Candy Padilla

Turlock Journal

Updated:
Jan. 11, 2019, 7:58 p.m.

The tent city that had taken over Broadway Park
was once again the target of Turlock’s Neighborhood Services on Wednesday, when
the city’s municipal code was enforced in relation to unlawfully stored
personal property in a public place.

Following the dismantling of the homeless encampment under and near the Golden State Boulevard overpass by Stanislaus County on Nov. 15, many of the homeless relocated to Broadway Park (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).

Neighborhood Services Code Enforcement staff
posted multiple notices on Tuesday throughout Broadway Park and on all stored
personal property within the park citing the municipal code that prohibits
keeping property in a public place for more than 24 hours. Staff returned to
the park on Wednesday to enforce the municipal code, hauling away 2,260 pounds
of items left behind. Broadway Park bathrooms and other areas were also temporarily
closed off to the public due to health hazards that required sanitation and
cleaning.

This is the second time the City of Turlock
has cleaned out Broadway Park. The first time was shortly after Thanksgiving on
Nov. 27, 2018. Following the dismantling of the homeless encampment under and
near the Golden State Boulevard overpass by Stanislaus County on Nov. 15, many
of the homeless relocated to Broadway Park. The City of Turlock has held a
number of recent workshops to discuss homelessness and the City Council declared
a shelter crisis in the city, opening up access to funds from the state
earmarked for issue.